Snap-hook.



M. LARAMIE.

SNAP HOOK.

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UNrr D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MITCHELI: L ABAMIE OF WILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT.

SNAP-HOOK.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented July 11, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that a citizen of the United States, residin at\Villimantic, in the county of Wind am and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Snap-Hooks, of which theollowin -1s a specification, reference being had t erein to theaccompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements 1 n sna -hooks, the primary objectof which 13 to evise a simple and inexpensive sna hook which may berapidly manufacture and sold at a minimum rice.

Another object o the present improvement is to devise a snap book madeof one piece and having the jaw so arran ed that the cooperating partsthereof will e flush with each other.

A still further object of the present 1nvention is to devise a.resilient snap hook made entirely of one piece which is adaptable foruse with fish hooks and other fishing tackle.

Other objects and advantages of the stud improvement will be set forthin the following specification and drawings in whlch,

igure 1 is a perspective view of my 1 mproved snap hook applied to afishing line and fish hook. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the snaphook etached showing the arran ement of the jaw. Fig. 3 is a view takenat right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an onlarged fragmentary sideelevation of the joint between the bill and guard of my improved hook.Fig. 5 is an enlarged f rag mentary edge perspective view of the jointbetween the hi and guard of my improved hook.

Referrim now to the drawin in detail in which like reference numera sdesignate similar parts, 1 represents the shank of my improved snap hookwhich is made of wire or any other suitable resilient metal. The shank 1is twisted u on itself at 2 and up wardly extended an curved to form aneye 3. The lower part of the shank is then bent upon itself again at 4and extended downwardl to form the guard 5. The opposite end 0 the shank1 to that operating as the }guard 5, is curved to form a bill 6 of the00k. The end of the guard 5 is cut concave at 7 so as to fit the end 8of the hill 6 I, MITCHELL LARAMIE,

case in snap which lies across it and within the concave portion. Theend 8 of the bill 6 is also rounded so as to be in the same plane as theoutside of the guard 5. Due to this construction the joint when closedforms a practically continuous wire. In this way the joint between theends 7 and 8 of the guard 5 and the bill (3 is perfectly smooth and willnot catch into any substance adjacent to it as is often the hooks now inuse. Attention is particularly directed to the fact that the shank 1 istwisted upon itself once and a half, whereb both the wire which formsthe guard 5 an which forms the shank 1 are twisted upon each other. Dueto this construction there is a positive lock where the two twists 2 and4. occur, and the resiliency of the guard 5 is not accomplished by anyfulcrum movementover the shank l, as is the usual form of constructionin snap hooks. The guard 5 gets its resiliency from the fact that it isbent outwardly and thereby keeping the ard 5 under tension so that itsend 7 wil alwaysbe in engagement with the end 8 of the bill 6.

My improved snap hook is shown in Fig. 1 as applied to a fishing hook towhich it 15 well adapted for the reason that the hook is all in onepiece and of light material which will not be cumbersome. The guard 5 ofthe snap hook is also easily 0 erated so that the fish hook indicated bythe letter A may be easily detached from the snap hook when it isdesired to do so.

Havin thus fully described my invention what I c aim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A snap hook com rising a piece oi round metal wire one an a halftimes twisted upon itself to form at one end an 8 Y( and at its otherend a bill and guard, tlu end of the uard cut concave throughout it.entire widt 1, the end of the bill lying, acros; the end of the guardand within the con cave portion thereof, the said concave por tionextending parallel to the plane of th bill, the end of the billprojecting beyoiu the side of the guard rounded convex so a to be in thesame plane as the outside of th guard whereby the joint between the billan guard has the appearance of a continuou Wire.

. the end of the ortion thereof, said concave portion extendin parallelto the plane of the bill. 1

En testimony-whereof I hereunto m'ffix my signature in'the presence oftwo witnesses. MITCHELL LARAMIE.

2. A snap hook comprising a iece of round metal wire one and a he ftimes twisted upon'itseli to form atone endan eye and at 'the other enda hill and guard,

ard cut concave'throaghout its entire wi th,' the endbf-th' hill'l'ymgacross the end of the guard at substantially right angles thereto, andwithin the concave Witnesses:

E. FRANK BUGSBEE,

E. H. RICHMOND.

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